Catchup Catch"up, Catsup Cat"sup, n. [Probably of East
Indian origin, because it was originallya kind of East
Indian pickles. Cf. also Malay k[e^]chap fish sauce. --MW10.]
A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes,
flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also
{tomato ketchup}. The term is also applied to pureed sauces
containing mushrooms, walnuts, etc., being called in such
cases {mushroom ketchup}, {walnut ketchup}, etc. [Written
also {ketchup}.]
[1913 Webster]

catchup — ketchup ketch up, n. [Probably of East Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East Indian pickles. Cf. also Malay k[e^]chap fish sauce. MW10.] A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes, flavored with onions, sugar, salt… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English